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Wrinkled Rock Borer

Hiatella arctica

4,289Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
26Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan139
Feb224
Mar241
Apr257
May531
Jun461
Jul674
Aug560
Sep591
Oct200
Nov87
Dec84

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ards and North Down Northern Ireland46
2Pembrokeshire Wales37
3Highland Scotland26
4Orkney Islands Scotland18
5Shetland Islands —15
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland15
7Cornwall England14
8Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland13
9Argyll and Bute Scotland12
10Gwynedd Wales11
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland10
12Isles of Scilly England8
13Torbay England8
14Conwy Wales6
15Swansea Wales5
437 England1,361 Scotland368 Wales467 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 26 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
4,289
Peak month
July
Counties with records
26
Scientific name
Hiatella arctica
Group
Molluscs
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,826
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Adapedonta
Family
Hiatellidae
Genus
Hiatella
Name with authority
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
63

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2652204 · GBIF 5189537